Suction cleaner



Patented Aug. 29, 1950 SUCTON `CLEANER Nelson 0. `Giudei/aback, Chicago Heights, Ill., as-

signor to The Hoover Company, North `Canton, Unio, a corporation of Ohio Application December 13, 1947, SerialvNo. 791,501

(Ci. 18S-54) l Claims.

This invention relates to suction cleaners of the cylindrical or horizontal tank type and more particularly to a mechanism for shaking the iilter to dislodge the dust and dirt therefrom' preparatory to its disposal.

According to this invention the filter remains within the cleaner casing at all times and the filter shaker is used to dislodge dust and dirt from the filter while positioned in situ within the cleaner casing. The end cap of the cleaner, covering the filter chamber, is removed, the cleaner body positioned on its end with the filtering chamber facing downwardly. The shaker mechanism is then operated to dislodge the dust and dirst from the lter so that it falls through the open end of the cleaner casing.

The cylindrical or horizontal tank type cleaner usually has a carrying handle near one end of the cleaner body and the lter emptying opening at the opposite end. It is an object of this invention to utilize the carrying handle for operating the lter shaking mechanism and in addition to latch the carrying handle rigidly with respect to the cleaner casing when it is not being used as a lter shaking handle.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will become apparent as the description proceeds when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of one form of a suction cleaner according to this invention with portions of the walls of the casing broken away to show the details;

Figure 2 is a detailed view of a portion of the shaker mechanism of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows of Fig. 1;

Figure 3 is a partial Aplan view of another form' of the invention with the walls of the casing broken away to show the details;

Figure 4 isa detailed View of a portion of the shaker mechanism of Fig. 3 looking in the direction of the arrows of Fig. 3;

Figure 5 is a cross-sectional View through the mounting means of the handle of Fig. 3;

Figure 6 is a cross-sectional View taken longitudinally through a portion of another form of the invention; and

Figure i is a perspective view of the modication of Fig. 6 with the walls of the casing broken away to show the details of construction.

Referring to Figs. l and 2 of the drawing the reference numeral it represents the cleaner casing which is supported on runners li. The casing ill has a front end cap l2 and a rear end cap i3. The front end cap is removably held in po- 2 sition by a hook i4 and a clamping latch l5 of any well known construction. A motor fan unit it is mounted within the rear end of the casing in any manner well known in the art. The motor fan unit it draws air inwardly through an inlet opening il in the front of the end cap l2 through a cylindrical filter bag i8 and discharges it through an outlet opening I9 in a manner well known in the art.

Mounted on the top of the casing l0 near the rear end thereof is a carrying handle 215. The handle 2li is mounted for fore and aft reciprocation on the top of the casing IE] by means of bolts or screws 2| passing through slots 22 in the casing l. The handle 29 is normally held against reciprocating movement relative to the casing lil by a spring pressed detent 23 adapted to be released by forward movement of the lower end of a detent release lever 2A.

The handle 2Q is connectedto the rear end of the nlter i3 by a member 25 attached to the handle 252 by one of the bolts 2i and has a down turned portion 25 which is attached to the central portion of a rigid end member 2l forming the rear end of the filter i8. The member 25 and correspondingly the rear end of the filter l' is normally biased rearwardly by a spring 28, surrounding a rod 29, attached to the member 25 at 3&3 and guided for longitudinal reciprocation` by the lug 3l extending downwardly from the casing lil near the front end of the front slot 22.

In order to prevent the escape of air through the front slot 22 a cover plate 32 having a depressed portion to provide for the reciprocation of the head of the front bolt 2! is attached to the inside of the casing Ill.

A second modification is shown in Figs. 3 to 5, inclusive. Where the parts are the same they have been given the same reference characters as in the modification of Figs. 1 and 2.

The handle 2G of this modiiication is mounted on the top of the casing ld for oscillatory rotation by a bolt 33 which passes through a plate 34 attached te the handle 2t and through a cover plate 35 inside of the casing lil. The plate 34 has a downwardly extending hexagonal portion 36 extending through the casing lll and intertting with a hexagonal depression 3l in a segmental pinion 33 positioned on the inside of the casing le between the casing and the cover plate 35. The teeth of the segmental pinion 38 intermesli with the teeth on a reciprocating member 39 having a downward extension @il attached centrally t0 the rigid end ,2l of the lter I3. The rod '29 is from its carrying position operates said lter shaker.

8. A suction cleaner according to claim 5 in which oscillatory movement of said carrying handle from its carrying position operates said iilter shaker.

9. A suction cleaner according to claim 5 in which the release of said latching means releases said carrying handle for pivotal movement transversely of said casing and oscillatory movement of said handle about the axis of said casing operates said filter shaker.

l0. A suction cleaner including a normally horizontal casing having a filter chamber, a flexible closed end dirt storing lter horizontally positioned in said chamber, means connected with the closed end of said lter for biasing said filter to a taut position, a normally stationary carrying handle attached to said casing, manually actuatable means for releasing said handle for movement to a non-carrying position, and means connected with said biasing means and actuated by movement of said carrying handle to its noncarrying position for moving said lter to a collapsed position and said biasing means acting to return said handle to its normal carrying position upon release of said carrying handle and for returning said filter to its taut position so as to dislodge dust and dirt therefrom.

11. A suction cleaner comprising a casing normally positioned horizontally When in use, a lter chamber in one end of said casing, a removable end cap for said filter chamber, a carrying handle at the opposite end of said casing, said carrying handle being mounted for reciprocatory movement relative to said casing, a flexible cylindrical filter in said iilter chamber, one end of said lter being secured to said casing adjacent said end cap, means for connecting the other end of said filter to said carrying handle, spring means for normally biasing said carrying handle to its carrying position and means for latching said carrying handle in its carrying position, the arrangement being such that movement of said carrying handle from its carrying position tensions said spring means and collapses said filter whereby upon release of said carrying handle for return movement to its carrying position said spring means snaps said lter to its taut position to dislodge dust and dirt therefrom.

12. A suction cleaner comprising a casing normally positioned horizontally when in use, a filter chamber in one end of said casing, a removable end cap for said filter chamber, a carrying handle at the opposite ends of said casing, said carrying handle being mounted on said casing for pivotal movement on a vertical axis, means for latching said handle in carrying position, spring means for biasing said handle to carrying position when moved therefrom, a flexible cylindrical lter in said casing, one end of said filter being secured to the interior of said casing adjacent said end cap, means connected to the other end of said lter and operated by movement of said carrying handle away from its carrying position for collapsing said filter, the arrangement being such that release of said carrying handle for return to its carrying position under the bias of said spring means snaps said lter to its taut position to dislodge dust and dirt therefrom.

13. A suction cleaner comprising a casing normally positioned horizontally when in use, a iilter chamber in one end of said casing, a removable end cap for said filter chamber, a :flexible cylindrical filter in said i'ilter chamber, one end of said filter being secured to the interior of said casing adjacent said end cap, means attached to the other end of said filter for spring biasing said lter to a taut position, a carrying handle mounted on the other end of said casing for oscillatory movement about the axis of said casing and means actuated by oscillatory movement of said carrying handle from its carrying position for collapsing said filter against the bias of said spring biasing means, the arrangement being such that upon release of said carrying handle for return movement toward its carrying position said spring means snaps said filter to its taut position to dislodge dust and dirt therefrom.

14. A suction cleaner comprising, a casing, means for supporting said casing in a horizontal position, a suction end cap detachably secured to one end of said casing, said end cap having a suction opening substantially centrally thereof for detachably receiving one end of a suction hose, a motor fan unit supported in the other end of said casing and arranged to draw air through said suction opening, a substantially cylindrical closed end filter having its open end secured to said casing adjacent said detachable end cap arranged to have dirt laden air drawn therethrough by the operation of said motor fan unit whereby dirt separated from the air is deposited in said filter, a movable lter support secured to the closed end of said filter centrally thereof, spring means for biasing said support to hold said filter in a taut condition, a movable carrying handle attached to the upper wall of said Casing adjacent the end thereof opposite said suction end cap whereby said casing may be upended for emptying dirt stored in said filter upon removal of said end i"cap, means for connecting said handle to said filter support in such manner that movement of said handle from its carrying position will move said lter support against the bias of said spring means to move the closed end of said lter toward its open end and upon release of said handle said spring means will' snap said lter back to its taut condition to shake dirt loose therefrom and manually releasable means for positively locking said handle in its carrying position against movement to its lter collapsing position to prevent unintentional shaking of said lter.

15. A suction cleaner comprising, a casing, means for supporting said casing in a horizontal position, a suction end cap detachably secured to one end of said casing, said end cap having a suction opening substantially centrally thereof for detachably receiving one end of a suction hose, a motor fan unit supported in the other end of said casing and arranged to draw air through said suction opening, a substantially cylindrical Closed end filter having its open end secured to said casing adjacent said suction end cap arranged to have dirt laden air drawn therethrough by the operation of said motor fan unit whereby dirt separated from the air is deposited in said filter, a movable filter support secured to the Iclosed end of said lter centrally thereof, means for attaching said filter support to the interior of said casing -for reciprocatory movement, spring means for biasing said filter support so as to hold said filter in a taut condition, a movable carrying handle attached to the upper wall of said casing near the end opposite said suction end cap whereby said casing can be upended for emptying said lter upon removal of said end cam-.said handle, beingA mounted for recprocatory movement land attached to said lter support for recprocatory'movement therewith and manually releasable means for positively locking said handle in its carrying position against movement to its lter collapsing position to prevent unitentonal shaking of said lter.

NELSON C. CUDDEBACK.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,077,572 Lofgren Apr. 2Q, 1937 2,192,357 Leathers Mar. 5, 1940 2,414,564 Silverman et al. Jan. 21, 1947V 

